Indian Bureaucracy News
By NSB.News Praveen Vashista, a 1991-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Bihar cadre, has been granted the Apex pay scale (Level-17 in the pay matrix). He is currently serving as Special Secretary, Internal Security, in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The elevation reflects his seniority and contribution to the internal security apparatus of…
By NSB.News After the recent resignation of Rachita Juyal (IPS: 2015: UK), another senior police officer from Uttarakhand, Lokeshwar Singh (IPS: 2014: UK), has tendered his resignation from the Indian Police Service (IPS). Singh has been selected for a position in an international organisation affiliated with the United Nations. Currently serving as the Senior Superintendent…
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By NSB.News Patna (15 October 2025): Former IPS officer Anand Mishra (Retd IPS: 2011: AM), who had taken voluntary retirement (VRS) before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Buxar Assembly constituency for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Mishra, an officer of the Assam-Manipur cadre, had…
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By NSB.News Raj Kumar Arora (IDAS: 1990), presently serving as Special Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), has been appointed to the post of Financial Adviser (Defence Services) in the Ministry of Defence. An officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), 1990 batch, Arora has extensive experience in defence financial management and policy formulation….
By NSB.News Kalyani Sethuraman, a 1994-batch Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer and currently Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru, has been entrusted with the additional charge of CVO, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru. The additional assignment will be for a period of six months. The order was issued by the…
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By NSB.News Tripti Gurha, a 1993-batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, has been repatriated to her parent cadre on personal grounds. The repatriation order also includes an extended cooling-off period. During her tenure at the Ministry, Gurha contributed to several key initiatives…
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By NSB.News Dr. Dirghau Keshao Raut, an officer from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has been appointed as Adviser to the Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC. He will serve in this position for a period of three years. In his new role, Dr. Raut will support India’s representation…
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By NSB.News Tarun Kumar Pithode, a 2009-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). Before this appointment, Pithode was serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). The appointment aims to…
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By NSB.News Archana Agrawal, a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been repatriated to her parent cadre on personal grounds. Prior to this move, she was serving as the Member Secretary of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB). The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs issued the official…
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By NSB.News Abhishek Kumar (IFoS: 2013: GJ), Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre, Gujarat, on personal grounds. The repatriation has been approved with the provision of “extended cooling off.” This move comes as part of administrative adjustments and personal considerations.